Abandonware DOS title

The most popular fixed screen 2D games

In a fixed-screen 2D game, the gameplay is confined to a single screen with no vertical or horizontal scrolling. The screen remains static, and the overall gameplay occurs within the boundaries of this fixed screen.
Fixed-screen games were common in the early days of video gaming, especially in arcade games. This design was largely due to technical limitations of early hardware, which made scrolling more difficult to implement. As a result, many early arcade classics, such as Pac-Man or Space Invaders, relied on fixed-screen mechanics.
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Take Down

DOS1989
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PC Globe 5

DOS1987 Broderbund
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Tracon 2

DOS1990 Wesson International
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Battleship

DOS1983 Mirror Images Software
Released in 1983, this is your grandpa’s Battleship—minus the plastic pegs, but with all the tension of blind naval warfare. There are no fancy graphics, no Hollywood explosions, just good old-fashioned "Is it a hit?" ...
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Basket Master

DOS1990 Dinamic Multimedia
What happens when a basketball game forgets about realism and goes full cartoon? Basket Master (1990), that’s what. This Spanish-developed DOS gem pits two oddly animated ballers in a 1-on-1 contest where the laws of physics...
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Pick 'n Pile

DOS1990 UBI Soft
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IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS1983 SoftSide Magazine
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Bubble Trouble

Windows XP/98/951998
Here comes another bubble game—but this one packs a punch. Bubble Trouble is a frantic shoot-’em-up where you pop evil bouncing bubbles before they bounce you out of existence. It’s part arcade mayhem, part refle...
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Aquanoid

DOS1992remake
Aquanoid (1992) takes the classic Breakout formula and throws it underwater, because bricks are apparently much more intimidating when they're wet. You control a paddle, you bounce a ball, you try to pretend you're not just playin...
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Kwik Snax Dizzy

DOS1993 Codemasters
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Video Casino

DOS1987 Mastertronic
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4 Queens Computer Casino

DOS1992 Applications Plus
This 1992 casino sim for DOS drops you into the neon-soaked carpet jungle of the Four Queens Hotel in Vegas. There’s no plot, no hero’s journey - just you, a digital bankroll, and the cold, soulless eyes of the slot ma...
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Caesars Palace

DOS1989 Virgin Interactive
More smoke-filled backrooms than a noir film and enough slot machines to trigger déjà vu—Caesars Palace is your low-res Vegas getaway. You're given a pile of chips and left to your vices: blackjack, poker, roul...
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Carnage

DOS1993 Warped Minds
The name Carnage says it all—this top-down racer is less about precision driving and more about smashing into your enemies until they resemble digital roadkill. It’s fast, chaotic, and honestly looks like a game a 14-y...
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Sid & Al's Incredible Toons

DOS1993 Dynamix
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Round 42

DOS1986
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Pinball Magic

DOS1990 Loriciels
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15x15 Picture Puzzle

DOS1996freeware
This game is either a delightful brain teaser or a slow descent into madness, depending on how patient you are. 15x15 Picture Puzzle gives you a scrambled mess of tiny square tiles and challenges you to rearrange them into a beaut...
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FlixMix

DOS1993 Celeris
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The Game of Harmony

DOS1990 The Assembly Line
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BitStorm

DOS1999
1999’s BitStorm is what happens when someone decides to make a strategy game and forgets to put the brakes on the caffeine. It’s fast, it’s furious, and you’ll probably lose your first five games before rea...
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Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball

DOS1995freewareremake
Released in 1995 for DOS, Zorlim's Arcade Volleyball is what happens when someone decides regular volleyball isn’t chaotic enough. Picture stick figures with the agility of caffeinated spiders and a physics engine that took ...
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TKO

DOS1989protected Accolade
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Gapper

DOS1986
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Power Struggle

DOS1988 Personal Software Services
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Learn The Alphabet

DOS1993 Compedia Software & Hardware
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Swap

DOS1992 Microids
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Snood

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996freeware